SZUMAN Stefan - Old kilims in Poland and Ukraine [1929].

Poznan 1929; Fiszer and Majewski. 18.5x25 cm, pp (14), 139, VI plates with color illustrations and 60 with black and white illustrations, black and white illustrations in the text, publisher's hardcover. Good condition (spine covered with paper, ownership signatures, isolated soiling and text markings in crayon and pen, scuffs and small stains of binding).

In contents: Importance of research on ancient kilim making. The origin of the kilim. Analysis of ornament and types of ancient kilims. Polish kilim (lordly, courtly). Kilim technique. Nobility of the material of ancient kilims. Kilim coloring and yarn dyeing. Composition of the kilim. The people as the creator of kilims. To the weaver and the artist.